Genesis 13:11

And Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot went toward the east. And they separated the one from the other:

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

In Context

10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar.

12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched tents as far as Sodom.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:14And Jehovah said to Abram, after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

Psalms 16:3To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent [thou hast said], In them is all my delight.

Proverbs 27:10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

1 Peter 2:17Shew honour to all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honour the king.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:11-14

Lot's Removal to Sodom. ( b. c. 1917.) 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord , like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13… Read the whole commentary →

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